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[-] Umbrias@beehaw.org -1 points 11 months ago

A matter of convention: true

Unless you specify you aren't using pemdas, that's generally the assumed order of ops.

This is not one of the ambiguous ones, but it's certainly written to be. Multiplication does indeed have priority under pemdas.

[-] SmartmanApps@programming.dev -1 points 8 months ago

A matter of convention: true

This is not one of the ambiguous ones

There aren't any ambiguous ones - #MathsIsNeverAmbiguous

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